“Colorful larrikin”: honoring the representative of Australia in speed skating Neville Michael

A man from Queensland who died while changing a car tire on a ramp has been identified as Australia’s representative in speed skating.

Neville Michael, 59, who was widely known as Nifti, represented Australia at the 1980 World Skating Championships.

A friend of Hadin Butler said he and Mr. Michael were part of a “huge social center” in the Brisbane suburb of Mount Grevath in the late ’70s and’ 80s.

Family and friends went on social media to pay tribute to the man from Brisbane, who was described as an “absolute character” and a “colorful laricin” with a “more than life” attitude.

“Nifti has never had a flaw in history and has not spared the occasional beer. A high-class transmission specialist, but also a top mechanic – if you broke into nowhere, he would get lost and come back with a piece of barbed wire and a soft drink and somehow start the car, “said Mr. Butler.

“(He) was a world traveler … but when you least expected to see him somewhere, he turned ahead and in the center.”

Another friend, Stephen Hailak, said the universal sport had lost its “legend” and “truly unique personality”.

“He was the guy who told you in advance what he thought, but he was the first to say a great job,” he wrote.

“He taught me a lot, one of the funniest guys.”

Police say Mr Macle was changing a tire on his car on the side of the Sunshine motorway from a ramp in Tanaw when he was allegedly hit by a car at 5pm on Saturday, 14 May.

The alleged driver, an 18-year-old woman, was not injured in the crash.

Doctors quickly took Mr. Michael to Sunshine Coast University Hospital with serious chest injuries, but he died at the hospital.

Forensic investigators are urging anyone who has seen the incident or has video recordings to speak.

The terrible accident happened after the deaths of two young mechanics, 22-year-old Leighton Bartlett and 25-year-old Aaron Pete, who died after being hit by a car while helping a broken-down bus on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland in April.

At the time of the accident, the men were working for the CDC South East Queensland bus company.